Friday, May 9, 2014

Salonpas Cup Friday: Shanshan Feng Shares Lead with Yeo-Jin Kang

After some delays due to thunderstorms and darkness--and the 2nd round of the Salonpas Cup was finally completed Saturday morning in Ibaraki--Yeo-Jin Kang had caught Shanshan Feng at the top of the leaderboard with a bogey-free 67 that brought her to -4 for the week.

Others making big moves included 15-year-old amateur champion of the KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies, Minami Katsu (who went 82-65 to get into a tie for 35th at +3 with the likes of Ji-Hee Lee, Hyun-Ju Shin, Mamiko Higa, Teresa Lu, and Minjee Lee), 22-year-old Miki Sakai (whose bogey-free 68 moved her to E and into a tie with the likes of Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, and Esther Lee in 10th), 6-time JLPGA champion Rui Kitada (whose 6-birdie 68 brought her to -1, tying her for 6th with 2-time winner in 2014 Yuki Ichinose, Erika Kikuchi, and Lala Anai), journeywoman Yukari Nishiyama (whose 69 was sparked by 1 of only 2 2nd-round eagles from the field, which allowed her to catch Bo-Mee Lee, Ha Na Jang [the other eagler of the day], Saiki Fujita, Ayaka Watanabe, and Misuzu Narita at +2 [T23]), 21-year-old champion of the Fujisankei Ladies Classic Phoebe Yao (whose 6-birdie 69 put her 1 shot behind Feng and Kang), and veteran Ji-Woo Lee (whose bogey-free 32 on the back helped her get to -2 at the halfway point and into a tie with Yeon-Ju Jung for 4th).